The Inquirer is reporting that the price of a Sony PlayStation 2 in the U.K. dropped from £250.99 to £199.99. So far, prices in the U.S. appear stable at $299.99 for a PS2, but you have to wonder what type of price cutting Sony will have up its sleeves in the next couple of months as the GameCube and Xbox will be available in mid-November in the U.S. Doing a bit of currency conversion, the PS2 is selling for around US$294 in the U.K. with the newer price, and used to go for $370 or so before the price drop. I've already heard several months ago that Sony could be planning to drop the PlayStation 2 to around the $200 level in the U.S. for this holiday season. $250 may be a more conservative figure, as the GameCube and Xbox are expected to sell around the $300 figure. So far, Sony says that it's shipped 17 million PS2s worldwide.

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huh?(5:09pm EST Wed Sep 26 2001)GameCube is expected to sell for $200. Has Nintendo made any pricing changes since the end of last month? $300 should get you a GameCube, an extra controller, a memory card, and a game to play. Or Panasonic's GameCube with DVD player.

Sony should have dropped their price at the beginning of summer to build up their market share. Nintendo won't blow away the PS2 in November, but it will be a very strong competitor.- by format c:

oh well(2:30pm EST Mon Oct 08 2001)300$ is still good given that the ps2 is backward compatible plus has dvd medial playback capalbility. well i am sitll savin and hopefully i wont have ot pay 300$ but its still worth it - by PS2 GUy

Do the research!!!(11:10pm EST Tue Mar 26 2002)The PS2 is crap! It is the second worst built machine in video game history (only the original Nintendo that released in 1886 was worse). The XBOX is here and Bill Gates (though we all dislike him) has put together an unbelievable package. And the PS3? Yeah, to bad everything they promise to “give” their gamers already comes standard with the XBOX! Compare the prices too. $300 for the X or $600 + or – for the PS3. Seems like a no brainer to me. - by The Informer

The Informer(10:55am EST Mon May 06 2002)YOU ARE FUCKING RETARDED - by the mastubator

dont trust xbox(5:52pm EST Fri May 17 2002)Xbox FUCKEN sucks dick it scratches the disks no good games do the FUCKen math. - by Reaper